Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Daily Transformation Roundtable Discussion

This week we continue from last weeks discussion, exploring some of the practices and stories we use to negotiate life--to live by wayfaring, to keep growing and moving forward.  Over the past weekend, I had the opportunity to attend a holistic (brain) health conference  in Vancouver which was quite interesting.  There were various speakers on addiction, brain health, yoga, breathing, etc.  One of the main presenters spent much time talking about how interconnected our bodies and minds are--if your brain is injured, it can have a profound influence on behaviour.  Conversely, healing your body can also heal your mind.  In our discussion, we range across the spectrum, from more physical practices to attitudes and perspectives that help us embrace change. 

Thanks again to our campmeeting guests.  This is the last of the campmeeting podcasts, so we won't have any more up until after the AF conference in the beginning of September.  We should be picking up our regular Monday release schedule by mid to late September.

Enjoy!

Daily Transformation Roundtable

Tuesday, August 20, 2013

Daily Transformation with Donnie Sands

This week we have another campmeeting special.  Our friend Donnie Sands wanted to do a podcast exploring the question of how we live in a state of continual growth or transformation, rather than stagnation.  Put another way, how do we live in a continually process of wayfaring?  Not simply in idea, but in practice.  What came of this is a deeply personal account of Donnie's experience overcoming anxiety, depression and stress in his own life--his own search for transformation, for practical means of wayfaring.

Just for (potential) naysayers, I feel I should add the caveat that this is a particularly speculative podcast, not in terms of ideas, but in terms of an explanation of techniques that have been effective.  There is no one way forward, no universal technique of personal transformation, no single practice that if we just repeat it ad nauseum will somehow result in a life of meaning and consequence and "transformation."  Life is a little more interesting than that (thank goodness).  That being said, I hope you enjoy our exploration.  Next week will continue this topic with a round table discussion.

Enjoy!

Daily Transformation with Donnie Sands

Tuesday, August 13, 2013

Open Theism with Steve Mirkovich

We're finally back with a new podcast.  It was great seeing many of you at BC Campmeeting and recording a few podcasts while we were at it.  We look forward to meeting more of you at the Adventist Forum Conference coming up in September.

This week we're happy to feature a guest: Pastor Stevan Mirkovich from Vancouver.  I've known Steve since we were in junior high together.  He has wrestled long and hard with his faith and grown much in the journey--which is certainly not over.  He is recently returned from the first Open Theism conference, so we asked him to share what "open theism" means and why it is important to him.

Steve, thanks for sharing with us.  And thank you to the staff of the Lodge at Camp Hope for graciously opening a space for us to record.

Open Theism with Steve Mirkovich

We'll be back next week with another podcast.